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SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1980
SHA TIN SITE FORMATION TENDERS
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR SITE FORMATION, ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
THE WORKS FORM PART OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
MR S.K. KWEI, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, SAID ABOUT EIGHT HECTARES OF LAND WOULD BE FORMED AT PAK TIN.
OF THESE, 5.5 HECTARES WILL BE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, 0.5 HECTARES FOR OPEN SPACE, 0.8 HECTARES FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES AND 1.2 HECTARES FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES.
MR KWEI SAID THE NEW LAND WOULD ENABLE ACCOMMODATION TO BE PROVIDED FOR SOME 17 920 PEOPLE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING.
THE CONTRACT, HE ADDED, WOULD ALSO INVOLVE CONSTRUCTING TWO BOX CULVERTS, SURFACE WATER DRAINS AND SEWERS, NEW ROADS AND A BRIDGE OVER SHING MUN RIVER.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA, CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
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NEW THREE-YEAR TEACHER TRAINING COURSES
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THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION UNDER THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ARE OFFERING NEW THREE-YEAR TEACHER TRAINING COURSES STARTING IN THE 1980-81 ACADEMIC YEAR.
AT THE SAME TIME A NEW TWO-YEAR COURSE IN ENGLISH WILL BE RUN AT THE NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN SASSOON ROAD, HONG KONG, FOR APPLICANTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED TWO YEARS OF EDUCATION BEYOND THE FORM V LEVEL IN AN ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL.
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THREE-YEAR COURSES IN ENGLISH WILL BE OPERATED IN ALL THREE COLLEGES NORTHCOTE, GRANTHAM AND SIR ROBERT BLACK - WHILE A CHINESE THREE-YEAR COURSE WILL BE RUN ONLY AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
APPLICANTS TO THE ENGLISH COURSE SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SECONDARY EDUCATION AT AN ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL, WHILE APPLICANTS TO THE CHINESE COURSE SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THE IR SECONDARY EDUCATION AT A CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
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